Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
This bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins honoring Rosa Parks during calendar year 2029: up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins. Designs must reflect Parks’ legacy, include at least one obverse with her likeness, and be selected after consultation with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute and the Commission of Fine Arts.
Liberals emphasize fundraising for civil rights education; conservatives stress limited government precedent.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is well-constructed: it clearly states purpose, provides detailed coin specifications and financial mechanisms, integrates with relevant statutory authorities, and includes basic accountability and limitation provisions.
This bill directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins honoring Rosa Parks during calendar year 2029: up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins.
Designs must reflect Parks’ legacy, include at least one obverse with her likeness, and be selected after consultation with the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute and the Commission of Fine Arts.
Sales include specified surcharges ($35 gold, $10 silver, $5 half-dollar) payable to the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute, subject to audit and Treasury cost-recovery rules, and coins must not impose a net cost on the federal government.
Highly targeted, low-cost, non-ideological commemorative measure with standard safeguards and broad support signals.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is well-constructed: it clearly states purpose, provides detailed coin specifications and financial mechanisms, integrates with relevant statutory authorities, and includes basic accountability and limitation provisions.
Liberals emphasize fundraising for civil rights education; conservatives stress limited government precedent.
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Liberals emphasize fundraising for civil rights education; conservatives stress limited government precedent.
Likely strongly supportive: sees the bill as an appropriate federal recognition of a civil rights icon and a revenue source for youth and civil rights education.
Would welcome consultation requirements and audit language but watch for commercialization of Parks’ legacy and equitable public access to the coins.
Generally supportive but pragmatic: views the coin as symbolic and low-cost if Treasury enforces cost recovery.
Wants clear financial and administrative procedures to prevent hidden taxpayer exposure and ensure the intended nonprofit uses the funds effectively.
Cautiously supportive to mixed: may accept honoring Rosa Parks as noncontroversial symbolism, but concerned about government resources used to produce coins and directing surcharges to a specific non-government organization.
Emphasizes minimizing federal involvement and ensuring no taxpayer subsidy.
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Highly targeted, low-cost, non-ideological commemorative measure with standard safeguards and broad support signals.
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Liberals emphasize fundraising for civil rights education; conservatives stress limited government precedent.
Highly targeted, low-cost, non-ideological commemorative measure with standard safeguards and broad support signals.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is well-constructed: it clearly states purpose, provides detailed coin specifications and financial mechanisms, integrates with relevant statutory authorities, and in…
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